No nā ‘Ōlelo No‘eau
He honua ke kula kamali‘i Pūnana Leo e ho‘oulu ‘ia ai ka mauli Hawai‘i ma ka nui i hiki. Helu ‘ia ihola ma lalo nei he mau ‘ōlelo no‘eau ku‘una e kāko‘o ana i ka ulu o ia mauli nō o kēlā me kēia ma ka honua Pūnana Leo nō.
Ho‘okahi leo ua lawa.
One voice is enough.
[One reminder is all that is necessary.]
Ma ka hana ka ‘ike.
In working one learns.
E aloha kekahi i kekahi
Love one another.
‘Ike aku, ‘ike mai. Kōkua aku, kōkua mai. Pēlā ka nohona ‘ohana.
Watch, observe. Help others and accept help.
That is the family way.
‘A‘ohe hana nui ke alu ‘ia.
No task is too big when done together by
all.
‘U‘uku ka hana, ‘u‘uku ka loa‘a.
Little work, little gain.
[You reap what you sow. If you give a little
do not expect a large return.]
I ka ‘ōlelo no ke ola, i ka ‘ōlelo nō ka make.
In the language is life. In the language
is death.
[Words can heal; words can destroy. A contemporary translation for this
proverb is, in the Hawaiian language we find the life of our race, without
it (the Hawaiian language) we shall perish.]
‘O ka makua ke ko‘o o ka hale.
The parent is the support that holds the
household together.
I maika‘i ke kalo i ka ‘ōhā.
The goodness of the taro is judged by the
young plant it produces.
[Parents are often judged by the behavior of
their children.]
E kūlia i ka nu‘u.
Strive to reach the highest.
[Motto of Queen Kapi’olani. Strive to do your best.]
‘A‘ohe pau ka ‘ike i ka hālau ho‘okahi.
All knowledge is not learned in just one
school.
[One can learn from many sources.]
‘A‘ohe mālama, pau i ka ‘iole.
If you do not take care of possessions, it will be stolen by rats.
[When one takes care of his goods he will not suffer losses.]
E ho‘ohuli ka lima i lalo.
Turn the hands down.
[When the
palm of the hands face down they are occupied and productive.]